As the Rams head to the halfway point of their preseason schedule and their fourth week overall in training camp, more and more focus is shifting to the final 53-man roster they will take to Oakland to open the regular season on Sept. 10 against the Raiders. Teams face a 4 p.m. ET deadline on Sept. 1 to cut their rosters from 90 to 53. One day later, they can begin assembling their 10-player practice squads.

While the Rams have some absurdly easy decisions to make at certain positions on offense, the Aaron Donald holdout, injuries to defensive tackle Dominique Easley and rookie outside linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo and stiff competition for jobs at inside and outside linebacker make the defense much more complicated.

Easley and Okoronkwo have been on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list since the beginning of camp as Easley recovers from his season-ending knee injury in 2017 and Okoronkwo rehabs from a broken foot sustained in OTAs. The Rams hope to get both...